Neeti Sawarthia Tibrewala

I was already loving the phase I was in with the artworks. I soon found a Certified Zentangle Teacher for myself. CZT Sandhya Manne is my first CZT. She taught me from basics to advance Zentangle. The journey was slow, calm and admirable. Practicing all that she taught leaded me to an exhibition in Tokyo in collaboration with Terra (a Japan based organization). My uncle Mr. Nawal Sawarthia and his friend Mr. Hiro San gave me this lifetime opportunity. I had displayed Zentangle arts dedicated to Mother Earth. Simultaneously, I created my Facebook page, eNSTyle Studio. My initial posts were mostly of my artworks that I had made while practicing Zentangle. Then I posted the artworks that were displayed in the Tokyo exhibition. Looking at the number of likes, it was overwhelming and I continued to post mostly once a week. After my exhibition in Tokyo I also learnt to sketch with Mr. Roshan Pradhan Sir. His techniques to observe and study still life helped me to a great ...

It all started since childhood… I was fascinated about patterns. I am born and brought up in a Marwari family. My father is a successful business man and my mother is a dedicated home maker. Marwari culture is an elaborative one. One beautiful thing amongt all is applying heena(temporary natural tattoo)on our hands. When we were young, my mother used to apply heena on our hands. She used to design beautifully. Looking at her do it so passionately, I was always inspired by her. First art form that I learnt, was fabric painting, in fabric painting I used to trace designs and then paint the bedsheets and pillow covers with fabric colours. I did not continue, but this style of art helped to use paint brushes of different sizes and practice confident strokes. During my teenage, I did clay work and practiced heena application also. Claywork taught me to enjoy the journey of artforms and heena application taught me that 'nothing remains forever'. I tried my hands in...